[4K] Gyeongbokgung Palace 경복궁 in Seoul, South Korea 🇰🇷 Virtual Walking Tour Vlog & Travel Guide

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Gyeongbokgung Palace (경복궁), meaning "Greatly Blessed", was the first and largest of the Five Grand Palaces in Seoul. Built in 1395, it served as the main palace and home the kings of the Joseon Dynasty. The palace was destroyed during the Korean-Japan war in 1592 and was restored in 1867 under the leadership of Heungseondaewongun during the reign of King Gojong.
In here, visitors can see the elegant royal culture of Joseon, including facilities for royal affairs of kings and officials. Geunjeongjeon Hall, the symbol of royal authority and a venue for the official events, and Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, a place for banquets, are must-see attractions of the palace.
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@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

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@hoya5483 6 жыл бұрын

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PALACE. I remember hearing the story that many buildings there have been eradicated and destroyed by the Japanese when they colonized Korea. Very sad. The palace was full of mini to big buildings filled throughout but are not just empty.... such a shame... but thank YOU for showing this to the world... LOVE THIS!!!

@OiCupi 5 жыл бұрын

I visited it this week on my trip to Korea it is an astonishingly beautiful place I definately recommend renting a Hanbok it completely makes it an incredible experience, just to clarify wearing the traditional wear in the country visiting places like this is NOT cultural appropriation it IS in fact cultural appreciation and every local that I met while in Hanbok were incredibly happy to see foreigners embracing part of their culture/history especially the older generations, you may feel conflicted I met many foreigners who felt it wasn't their place to wear it but it is a an experience you can't pass up it will take your trip from simply holidaying to delving into the history of this beautiful country, my trip started as a simple holiday but as I was visiting historic places I learned that there is so much more to this country than meets the eye, I really do hope to return to this beautiful country full of history and beautiful well mannered respectful and friendly locals, But please when you go there treat the country and the historic areas with respect as due to disrespectful tourists many beautiful places to see are now closed off to us for example a large portion of the bukchon hanok villiage now bars ALL tourists from entering as parts have been damaged by disrespectful tourists

@OiCupi 5 жыл бұрын

황제코비 I think I know which country your referring too as most people I spoke to thought I was from there and we're releived when they found out I wasn't from that country, I miss Korea so much wish I was back there

@pageantfoodie Жыл бұрын

@@OiCupi I’m planning to visit South Korea this year. How many hours did you spend inside the palace? What other places you recommend? I am looking forward to try the Korean streetfood & other dishes.

@modoo_happy 5 жыл бұрын

Currently, Gyeongbok Palace is only about 30 percent of Gyeongbok Palace 120 years ago. The reason is that the Korean government has a little bit restored the Gyeongbok Palace, which was very damaged by Japan in the past. There are still many places to restore Gyeongbok Palace.

@modoo_happy 4 жыл бұрын

I hope Gyeongbokgung Palace will quickly regain its former form.

@25nimo11 3 жыл бұрын

궁금해서 그러는데 100퍼센트 복원할 땅은 있나요? 서울사람이 아니라서;;

@modoo_happy 3 жыл бұрын

@@25nimo11 청와대 쪽을 제외하면 복원할 땅이 있는 것으로 알고 있습니다

@jonwillbaselonia6521 4 жыл бұрын

Korean drama brougth me here. What a huge palace. Kamsahamnida😊

@WindWalkTravelVideos 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It's a majestic palace.

@koyukiny 3 жыл бұрын

This is where BTS performed Idol and Mikrokosmos for the Jimmy Fallon show💜👌

@dianangwane 6 күн бұрын

Oh my. This is my first stop when I come to Gyeongbuk province. Thanks for the video 🎉

@prernasuryawanshi4040 3 жыл бұрын

who came after discovering that bts are performing here for jimmy fallon?

@vancommi 3 жыл бұрын

here

@chabum2002 3 жыл бұрын

correct

@sarinahaspar6184 4 жыл бұрын

What a very beautiful palace. So large and big, need days to explore. Enchanting different colors of every building, beautiful carvings. It seems that the different color of the building differ the function. I feel the atmosphere of sadness and gloomy following the video.

@Imcryinfnooo 5 жыл бұрын

This palace was used in "the last empress" that drama was the saddest one and this castle is so pretty

@leanerza1024 4 жыл бұрын

For real? I watched it. It has a bittersweet ending

@Imcryinfnooo 4 жыл бұрын

Lea Nerza yeah but the emperor dies and so does the guard I don’t remember his name now😅

@johnmontecarlos4113 4 жыл бұрын

@@Imcryinfnooo Na Wang Shik is the Guard

@nissydissy8796 3 жыл бұрын

Just Sana's Things i just came here after watching “the last empress”.

@feliciavalenciana5266 3 жыл бұрын

really?

@pablowoo 5 жыл бұрын

It is originally a bigger and more colorful palace, but during the Japanese colonial period, we are still recovering things that destroyed and damaged the palace. And it is most famous that the case of blowing the Chosun governor general, which was built during the Japanese colonial period, under the direction of the president in the mid 90s, by live broadcasting.

@PrettyFourU1 11 ай бұрын

Spectacular work thank you for sharing I don’t think I’ll ever get over it or visit this beautiful place the history is beautifully amazing and brutal many lifetimes ago still standing historically and will never forget it. 😊

@PrettyFourU1 11 ай бұрын

🫶

@parkleejayapuyan4166 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful view gyeongbokgung palace in South Korea & the most acting for the tale of nokdu jang dong Yoon & Kim so hyun

@fa4119 5 жыл бұрын

I suddenly remember "100 days my prince drama".. 😍 such a beautiful place.. Hope I can go there someday ..

@luvdieyoung 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video this palace is really very beautiful.. Btw I also have a suggestion for you that you should have added the names of the structures that you showed in this video.. Apart from that this video was great! KEEP THE GOOD WORK UP BUDDY ..

@potato5433 3 жыл бұрын

I visited it last year 🇰🇷💜

@s.mhossainjishad 13 күн бұрын

경복궁은 너무 아름답고 한국의 전통이 300년은 된 것 같아요

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

One fun fact is that Korea's previous kingdom, Joseon (1392-1910), resembles the ideal country conceived by Plato. However, in Plato's ideal country, a philosopher becomes king and rules the country, but in Joseon, the king was educated as a philosopher to rule the country. So the kings of Joseon were forced to study an enormous amount of books during their princely years, and some princes went crazy because the stress of studying was so great. Even after becoming king, he had to study and attend seminars held every day. And all of the king's actions and remarks were recorded and are still handed down in a book called Annals. The records in the Annals are so detailed that in addition to the king's remarks, they also contain weather and astronomical records, so even astronomers often use them to search for supernova.

@Homemaker2020 4 жыл бұрын

The best palace I ever seen 😍😍😍

@fuans7008 3 ай бұрын

There is 5 different palaces in Seoul Korea. I like Changdukgoong palace was built by 3rd king of Yi's dynasty. Korea has so many stories and culture than we think. Beautiful country built by the most intelligent people( google search) in the world.

@sinematik165 6 жыл бұрын

thank you

@eliseorodriguez8188 6 жыл бұрын

Excelente trabajo, tome su like amigo y una suscripción mas ya que me puse a ver tus videos pasados y realmente es como estar ahí... saludos desde Jalisco !!!

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

@sund8569 6 жыл бұрын

I will be traveling here soon :)

@justcars173 2 жыл бұрын

The Palace where the last empress filmed

@user-hj1xf4in8z 4 жыл бұрын

感謝합니다

@Bless_sky 4 жыл бұрын

경복궁하면 만날 정면에서 늘 보던 모습만 봤는데 실제론 훨씬 크고 다양하게 갖춰져 있네요. TV나 유튜브까지 죄다 정면 모습만 편집해서 보여주는데 이거보니 확 다르네

@eugenehwang808 3 жыл бұрын

지금까지 이만큼 복원된 것도 조선 시대 당시의 극히 일부에 불과하다는 거... 일본놈들이 죄다 파괴하기 전까지만 해도 이것보다 훨씬 더 아름다웠죠

@alienelephant4721 2 жыл бұрын

그래봤자죠, 자금성이 경복궁따위보다 훨씬 웅장하고 세련되있는데

@LeminhtamLeMinhTam-qr7mb 3 жыл бұрын

BTS brings me to here. This is such a beauty palace. Will visit if I have change.

@sumbellecanete6838 3 жыл бұрын

Kng hnd pa quarantine dpa ako mapadpad dto sa mga palace ganda pla 🇵🇭

@put3966 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@allinelee1944 6 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful palace!

@375santa 3 жыл бұрын

For me an old Korean. I did'nt even know that there was so big and wide back yard! Thnks!

@glennsepulveda4856 3 жыл бұрын

Area wise, this palace complex looks bigger than the forbidden city.. I wish the blogger gave out some information about the building structures and precincts, like where the Royal family quarters were as well as that of the palace staff..I recognized what appeared to be the throne hall..nice video though

@matthewmahony9165 2 жыл бұрын

When we went there in 2019 it was the hottest day on record for over 100 years in seoul. 43°C 80% humidity

@caindatch7444 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me of kdrama "Mr. Queen"

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

The Battle of Noryang between the Korean Navy and the Japanese Navy was the battle in which the largest number of Japanese soldiers died in a single day, including World War II. In this battle, which took place on the southern coast of Korea in 1598, at least 30,000 Japanese soldiers were defeated by the Korean Navy and all were killed in one day. Due to the crushing defeat of this battle, Japan gave up its invasion of Joseon and retreated to Japan, ending seven years of war.

@sonsovan3625 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@novitapuji4373 6 жыл бұрын

Hello! I'm from indonesia, very like your videos 😘baru pertama kali liat udh suka

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Please like, share and subscribe.

@svetaber3614 6 жыл бұрын

Спасибо, Лайк :-)

@user-mt9uy7re1s 4 жыл бұрын

우리 소나무 멋지고 운치 있게 생겼네요

@28gone 3 жыл бұрын

Watchrhis after drama Mr Queen....

@williehenderson1604 5 жыл бұрын

Can you view the blue house from that palace?

@KhanKhan-mm3yk 2 жыл бұрын

What was the size of Gyeongbokgung when it was expanded last time (during the regency of Heungseon Daewongun ) ??? 100 hectares or 125 hectares ??? Or tell me what was the widest size of Gyeongbokgung during in these 600 years ????

@Yyyyyyccj 3 жыл бұрын

Japan destroyed all of them, and now there's less than half of them left

@llIlIlllIllllIlIl 3 жыл бұрын

그거 일본이 아니라 우리가 태운건데요?

@he4014 3 жыл бұрын

@@llIlIlllIllllIlIl왕을 섬기던 나라가 궁을 없앴다고?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 일본이 대놓고 태웠는데 ㅈㄹ도 작작

@Yyyyyyccj 3 жыл бұрын

@@llIlIlllIllllIlIl 우리가 태운것도 있지만 임진왜란 때랑 총독부 만든다고 다 헐고 벽돌 다 가져가고 했어요 그래서 지금 경복궁은 원래 경복궁의 반도 안남아있죠....

@user-iu9pr4gh9p 3 жыл бұрын

@@llIlIlllIllllIlIl 그떄는 임진왜란때고 일제 강점기때 흥선대원군과 고종이 재건한 경복궁을 일부만 남기고 싹 다 밀어버려서 건물을 곳곳에 경매로 팔아버리거나 공원이나 정원처럼 만들었는데 뭘 사진으로도 알수있는 역사적 사실이고

@25nimo11 3 жыл бұрын

잼민아 가서 역사책 한번 더 읽고와

@franciousnicolaizaldivar4380 3 жыл бұрын

1:04 the heck why do i feel that i want to cry while the cameraman is walking and im just staring the palace

@anonanon4320 3 жыл бұрын

it's the mountain

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

Ancient Korea has advocated democracy, and for example, the people could always submit complaints directly to the king. King Jeongjo (1752-1800) of Joseon dynasty (1592-1910), Korea's former kingdom, handled as many as 3,400 civil complaints. This is something unthinkable in China or Japan, where if a citizen complained directly to the emperor or shogun, they would be killed immediately. Another example of Korean democratic tradition is that King Sejong (1397-1450) of Joseon studied linguistics himself and invented Hangul for himself without any help from servants.

@Saga901 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your walking tour videos! But I think it would be nice to have the date or at least the month of when the footage was taken. This might just be me but I like to gauge the weather of a place through videos like these, or if it's a Korean holiday or whatnot since I'm surprised there are so so many people at Gyeongbokgung in this video. Anyway, cheerio~

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll take note of that.

@gabbyeala2160 4 жыл бұрын

I went there

@linaT13 3 жыл бұрын

Is this where they filmed the last empress (on Netflix)

@DrichC 4 жыл бұрын

Watching in VR BOX HAHAHAHAH quarantine life

@WindWalkTravelVideos 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@user-ml3ko3qw4c 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@vilmareyes1313 Жыл бұрын

I'll like telenovela in the palace

@novitapuji4373 6 жыл бұрын

Tempat shootingnya Hwarang sama Scarlet Goryeo nih

@blooddrunk4957 Жыл бұрын

So where did the emperor sleep? The main building looked to be just a throne room, but I could be mistaken?

@kimitta1907 6 жыл бұрын

Woah!! This palace is really huge!!!!!!

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's the main palace and the largest among the 5 palaces in Seoul.

@RyuRaza 6 жыл бұрын

을지문덕 Being a king, I will look to own this palace some day and travel the city on my battle horse.

@yamadataro6266 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah! 100% CHINESE culture made by China! Korean palace is 100 made by China! Korea was slave of China in its entire history! Look how great China was!

@touchstone8943 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Kyeong-bok-gung Palace is the largest of five palaces in the Cho-sun Kingdom. In addition, there are Chang-deok-gung Palace, Chang-geong-gung Palace, Deok-soo-gung Palace and Kyung-hee-gung Palace in Seoul. The king moved through these five palaces. "gung" means Palace.

@movedaccount9958 4 жыл бұрын

@@yamadataro6266 Yeah, and also the whole planet and the universe was a slave of China. How wonderful China was!

@victormanpandig8816 Жыл бұрын

Geyongbuk palace south korea

@patriciamendesprado8997 5 жыл бұрын

Muito Bom!!

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

Since ancient times, Korea had been greatly influenced by China, but has also built its own traditions. For example, Korea has had its own democratic tradition since ancient times, and its kings had the obligation to follow the law and serve their people, even though they were kings. This is a tradition that does not exist in China or Japan, and the message written on the pavilion of Gyeongbokgung Palace is that the people are the king's heaven and the king must serve the people and always work diligently for them.

@user-vm2gf1fc1x 3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing left.. Korea palace(gyeongbokgung) lost about 90 percent due to japan. They burned and destroyed most of it to destroy the national spirit. As a Korean, I am so sad and angry.

@user-xj5sd9mg3c 3 жыл бұрын

사실상 95% 이상이라 봐야 할 듯..... 조선총독부 들어서고 조선물산회 땜시 전부 밀리고 딱 근정전 주변부분이랑 경회루, 제수합, 향원지 정도밖에 남지 않았다고 하니까요. 그나마 우리가 이렇게나마 다시 차근차근 복원해나가고 있다는 것 자체가 자랑스럽습니다. ㅎㅎ 베트남 후에 성 같은 곳들을 보면.....우리가 경복궁을 복원할 수 있는 능력이 된다는 것에 감사하게 되더군요.

@beandiesel974 3 жыл бұрын

Its ok atleast korea has alot of modern skyscrapers now

@user-xj5sd9mg3c 3 жыл бұрын

@@beandiesel974 That's true. But as a Korean, I can't help feeling sorry for the destruction of our own tradition. Modern skyscrapers are pretty common throughout the world, but national heritages aren't. Thanx for your support, though :)

@marcuslee3090 2 жыл бұрын

@@beandiesel974 modern architecture is pure bullshit Korean traditional architecture is the opposite of modern architecture striving to blend in with nature not oppose it like your favorite “modern buildings”

@user-tx3bt9hd7i 2 жыл бұрын

What is a nation that destroys the Governor-General of Korea built by the Japanese government with its own hands angry about now?

@chori4171 6 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lolasw13 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ! Could you tell me how long does it take to visit all the place? Great quality video by the way, thank you 👍🏽

@WindWalkTravelVideos 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe 1-3 hours

@lolasw13 3 жыл бұрын

@@WindWalkTravelVideos wow okay! Thanks again for the reply! Now it’s the matter of travelling abroad 😅 One day I hope because it looks wonderful!

@WindWalkTravelVideos 3 жыл бұрын

@@lolasw13 You're welcome! Would love to go back to South Korea.

@luzmape954 Жыл бұрын

Que epoca es l mejor para visitarlo?

@seoul_louis9584 Жыл бұрын

Night

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

Gyeongbuk Palace was destroyed twice due to the Japanese invasion and then restored. Japan invaded Joseon with 300,000 troops in 1592, and after a war that lasted seven years, it was defeated and withdrew to Japan. At that time, Gyeongbokgung Palace was destroyed by the Japanese army, and during this seven-year war, at least 2 million people in Joseon died and more than 500,000 Japanese soldiers were killed by Korean army. Japan invaded Joseon again in 1882, made it a colony, and destroyed Gyeongbokgung Palace. Afterwards, Japan invaded Manchuria in 1932, China in 1937, and the United States in 1941, starting World War II.

@CarolQueenMNL 6 жыл бұрын

it seems so busy! around what time did you went?

@WindWalkTravelVideos 6 жыл бұрын

Around 11am

@Jamie-zs8ok 2 жыл бұрын

Is this Sejong the greats house?

@sulthanmusyafa6928 Жыл бұрын

04:04 "Bukan orangnya ya,yang penting bukan orangnya."(Indonesia.read)

@dargnawa7307 5 жыл бұрын

Will you come to Morocco please

@WindWalkTravelVideos 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to..

@luzmape954 Жыл бұрын

Alquilan vestidos?

@yerakoseph9414 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda feel like pubg

@jetscreamer1 2 ай бұрын

Why does every palace entrance have Chinese signage at the top?

@WindWalkTravelVideos 2 ай бұрын

Hanja (Chinese Characters) was their writing system before Hangul was created.

@parmenideskim9739 Ай бұрын

Just as Europe was influenced by Greek and Roman civilization, all of East Asia was influenced by Chinese civilization and began using Chinese characters. That is why the plaque at Gyeongbokgung Palace was written in Chinese characters. However, while European languages are not very different in structure from Greek and Roman languages, the grammar and pronunciation of Korean and Chinese are so different that eventually, in Korea, a unique alphabet system called Hangul was invented by King Sejong about 450 years ago.

@wtfsingapore 6 жыл бұрын

여기서 군생활할때 동대장님을 보게될줄이야..

@Rabbito1324 3 жыл бұрын

세상엨ㅋㅋㅋ

@reishusband 4 жыл бұрын

Did all joseon kings live this palace?

@ixlalater 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! besides king taejo for the first start of his era, all of them lived here.

@mallangmollang 4 жыл бұрын

Nope, Korean kings lived another palace called changdeokgung palace after gyeongbokgung palace was destroyed because of the invasion of japan

@Yyyyyyccj 3 жыл бұрын

Japan destroyed all of them, and now there's less than half of them left

@achmadrahman4890 3 жыл бұрын

4:04 ada orang indo guys

@teresavasey1041 2 жыл бұрын

from kpop to here, isn't internet wonderful?

@ishirotanaka Жыл бұрын

If north and South Korea ever reunify, I hope the Imperial Monarchy will be restored too. After all, Monarchy place an important role in tradition and history in Asia.

@jamesdakrn Жыл бұрын

Lol the ones that sold out to Japan? Hell no We are a democracy. We don’t need kings

@gilbertgodwino4562 5 жыл бұрын

How much the entrance fee?

@wbhbjcs 5 жыл бұрын

no entrance fee if you wearing hanbok. you can lent hanbok at hanbok shop that near the palace

@user-fi8ju5qk5g 3 жыл бұрын

@@wbhbjcs indirectly, the charge for renting it is the entry fee. 😀

@laloynavarro6369 3 жыл бұрын

I want to wear hanbok

@MofazzalHossainRizu 2 жыл бұрын

Is this that palace where Bruce Lee's movie Tower of death was shoot??

@troohoste 3 жыл бұрын

BTS army!

@varadkulkarni5002 6 жыл бұрын

Dude.. where were you? All your subscribers were desperate to watch your videos.

@saraaaaa9803 4 жыл бұрын

funny cause I'm Korean but I'm obsessed with European palaces.

@massalleh5255 4 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I'm obssesed with Chinese, Korean and Japanese palace. Me from Malaysia. I think Korean architecture is underrated.

@saraaaaa9803 4 жыл бұрын

@@massalleh5255 I'm obsessed with Renaissance.

@imswezi9499 3 жыл бұрын

@@massalleh5255 sadly there's little to no japanese palaces like this one that are intact. Some of them burned in fires and are super super old :(

@massalleh5255 3 жыл бұрын

@@imswezi9499 Really? What about in Kyoto?

@imswezi9499 3 жыл бұрын

@@massalleh5255 sorry for the late reply. But there’s only two fully intact palaces in Kyoto. Kyoto palace and nijo castle. However they don’t get as much attention and are not nearly as ornate as Chinese or Korean palaces

@Iluvus17 3 жыл бұрын

일본 때문에 박살나서 아직까지 복원 못한건 맞지만 굳이 그걸 자꾸 설명해야할까나

@user-eu9oy9gy5g 3 жыл бұрын

அரண்மனையின் உள்ளே தோட்டம் போடவேண்டும்!நிறைய மலர்ச்செடிகளைப் பயிரிட வேண்டும்!!பெரிய அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்ட யானை ஒன்றாவது நிறுத்தப்ப வேண்டும்!!!குதிரை லாயமொன்றை அமைத்து நிறையகுதிரைகள் வளர்க்கப்பட வேண்டும்!!!பசுக்களும் நிறைய வேண்டும்!!!!மக்களுக்கு பயன்படும் விதமாக அரண்மனை மாற்றியமைக்கப்பட வேண்டும்.

@exappk 2 жыл бұрын

Why they use Chinese characters not Koreans?

@WindWalkTravelVideos 2 жыл бұрын

Hanja is their traditional writing system until Hangul was created.

@jetscreamer1 2 ай бұрын

I always wanted to know why there is so much Chinese signage in ancient Korean palaces.

@calloutmccallout3623 3 жыл бұрын

Why are there CHINESE writing on a KOREAN palace? 🐸

@user-xj5sd9mg3c 3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty hard to explain the existence of "Hanja" in East Asian culture. Even though the names of the buildings are written in Hanja(漢字 - A kind of Chinese character used in Korea), the language are not modern Chinese "language". Chinese character and Ancient Chinese style of writing was universal way of communication in the East Asia. The letter itself is called 漢字. It's pronounced as "Hanja" in Korea, "Kanji" in Japan, "Hanzi" in China, and "Hán Tự" in Viet Nam. Although it was invented in China and spread to vast areas of East Asia, Korea/Japan/Viet Nam often developed their own system and shapes of some letters to use. (of course, based on the original system of China) Moreover, lots of buildings' names originated from phrases containing good meanings in Confucian scriptures, to include basic ideologies of the country itself.

@jetscreamer1 2 ай бұрын

That explains everything. I always thought it was odd so many East Asian countries have Chinese signs in ancient building.